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Formula One fans will be hearing a lot about Juan Manuel Fangio this season as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel battle to match the late Argentine's 1950s feat of five world championships. Only Michael Schumacher, with seven, has won more titles and ...DNA, 2 days ago

Former Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will fill in another gap on his motor-racing resume on Saturday when he takes part in the 24 Hours of Daytona, giving him vital experience for a possible future crack at the Le Mans 24 Hours.After trying his ...

Formula One wrapped up the first pre-season test of the year in Barcelona on Thursday with four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton back on top of the timesheets for Mercedes. The Briton, who had done only 25 laps earlier in the week after snow and rain ...

Formula One's 'halo' head protection device makes its race debut this season in a 21-round championship with France and Germany back on the calendar and some new faces joining the old favourites on the starting grid.'Grid Kids' will replace the female models standing next to cars before the start, with races starting later in Europe and Brazil and a new logo further distancing the sport from the Bernie Ecclestone era.The following factbox looks at what's changed for 2018.THE HALO IMAGE: ...

Former champions McLaren showed their true colours on Friday with a new papaya orange and blue Formula One car they hope will take them back up the starting grid after three nightmare years with Honda. The MCL33 is the teams first to be powered by Renault, ...

Such protection has become a priority since the deaths of drivers in other series IMAGE: Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari returns to the pit lane during testing. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters It is safe to say that Formula One’s clunky ‘halo’ head protection device, the most obvious novelty of the 2018 season, has divided opinion. Strong enough to support the weight of a London double-decker bus, the prominent T-shaped structure around the cockpit is also ugly enough for Mercedes ...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff criticised Formula One's controversial new halo head-protection device as the double world champions unveiled their new F1 W09 car for the 2018 season on Thursday. Mercedes' new F1 W09 car for the 2018 season (Photo: ...

McLaren executive director Zak Brown has said that he would love to have four-time champion Lewis Hamilton back into the team if the Formula One driver does not confirm a new deal with Mercedes. With Hamilton's current contract with Mercedes set to expire at ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: A grid girl poses in the paddock. Photograph: Mirco Lazzari/Getty Images Formula One is ending the use of female models who parade and stand with the drivers' name boards before every grand prix, with immediate effect. The sport announced the decision in a statement on Wednesday and said the change would also apply to all support series on the programme. "While the practice of employing grid girls has been ...

Four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said that he is all set to face new and much-improved Valtteri Bottas in 2018 as he believes his Mercedes teammate has adapted well to the life in the team.Last year, Bottas had signed a one-year deal to replace ...